Sergeant (Air Gnr) 1483604 John Raymond Joseph Clarke

Family details:
Son of John J. Clarke and Ellen Clarke, of St. Helens.

Census details:
1939 Register. Unfortunately John R.J is redacted. Father John J Clarke born 05/12/1884 a Foreman Packer (Heavy Worker), mother Helen Clarke born 26/11/1887 an Unpaid Domestic, sister Mary M Clarke born 14/05/1906 a Glass Machinist, brother Harold N Clarke born 04/05/1910 a Solicitors Managing Clerk and brother William Clarke born 05/07/1913 a Glass Cutter (Heavy Worker) are living at 197 Hardshaw Street, St Helens.

Notes:
Shown on the cenotaph as Clark J.R.

Wellington Ic R1701 of 101 Squadron Took off from RAF Oakington and failed to return from an operational flight over Berlin and was Last heard on W/T reporting an imminent ditching. The aircraft was believed to have been struck by lightning and then crashed into the boundary of Pigdon and Benridge Moor Farm's to the north west of Morpeth, Northumberland. All onboard were lost: Flying Officer Allen Theodore Lewis Rossignol (130612) Pilot Pilot Officer Ernest Edward Adlard (134701) Navigator Pilot Officer Joseph Fallon (139843) Air Bomber Sergeant John Raymond Joseph Clarke (1483604) Air Gunner Sergeant Dennis Edwin Faulkner (1336161) Wireless Operator Sergeant Eric Morgan (1434778) Navigator. 101 Squadron, Bomber Command had the highest casualty rate of any RAF Squadron. [pic]imgs/WW2_misc/Clarke_JRJ_1483604.jpg[/pic][caption]From The Local Press - Courtesy Jeff Keenan[/caption] [pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/ClarkeJRJ.jpg[/pic] [caption]The headstone of Sergeant John R J Clark at St Helens Cemetery (Photo courtesy of Jeff Keenan)[/caption]